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tue 6/17/2008

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Peru and Chile are beefing over the origin of potatoes. Last week, Chilean agriculture minister Marigen Hornkohl proclaimed: "Few people know that 99 percent of the world's potatoes have some type of genetic link to potatoes from Chile." Peruvian Foreign Minister José Antonio García Belaúnde responded: "Obviously, the world has known for centuries that the potato is from Peru and that the Peruvian potato saved Europe from hunger." Charles Crissman of the International Potato Center: [T]he first potatoes came from what is today Peru." (via FP Passport)

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4 responses to “daily dos: me first”

yo a potato is a potato y can't we just say they came from both countries i mean i got family in peru and i think they don't care bout dis kind of stuff we need 2 luv all our veggies and not care where they came from so stop hatin and start lovin da veggies

Anonymous

fri 6/20 11:37am

"we need to love all our veggies" lmao0o..but seriously if u think about it..originally Peru was a bigger country in size.. it included parts of what is now Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil..so yea potatoes came from Peru =)

Lula

sat 7/12 1:31pm

La genete ya ni save de que peliarse la neta....